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1 a lower limb of an animal
  • he broke his leg when he accidentally stepped in that gopher hole

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2 a portion of a trip
  • on the first leg of the cruise they went south to the Caribbean

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The first known use of leg was in the 13th century

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“Leg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leg. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.

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